Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-09-22
N wILD SIBERIA.
sTsAN0K KxTAxaEzB or HKAT AND COLD
IRREGULARITIES or xEx oouHrRY.

EGAlEAANAAAMu W AEN AVtIAINs
Northeast Siberia possesses climate
colder than she North Pols nnd hotter
than many uplanda andsr The eqastsri
but the toKEid heal lasta only for O few
weeks, while tbs intense cold endures
for many mouths. In the volcanic Pc
sinaala Of Kamehafka, says q writer IN
the London Telegraph. the banks Of the
inland streams are clothed With grass
growing With tropical inxuFianoe aad
spanRled with gay hsweFs-the Alpins
rose, the oinQuefoil, and the beautiful
kAmehaska ltly-vhile on tie lowlsnds
llusies the poplar and he silver birch.
fne prevailing Humidity Of The Pacific
seaboaFd. particularly IN tn moor -
SIN, fsveFs the development Of . spien
did vegetation; aud on The Usari The
ginsenR IL largely cultivated for the Obi
oese market, Where u feiehes ila weight
10 gold. she plant being estoemed q sgv-
sFslen remedy against all disorders. In
AanchuFia the tiger reaches hts north
sFnmost limits. and meets the Russian
bear. and the Aaiatio squiFrel Joins paws
9Th the Siberian eFmlBs and maFten.
In West siberia the birds are exceed
nRly numerous. and on the Arkat hills
siill bEoWsa mountain sheep, with en-.
oFmoas thiok aad twl8iea horns over .
gard long. 90 the stsppes Rrszs fat
tailed sheep, FeindeeF and oamels, and
from Neu Siberia and the Arctic Bee.
board has been abtsined IN single year
a. much ~ 1000 pcuEas weight Of fos
Ill ivory from the remains Of Eammoths
and other antediluvian animala, which
have been f0nnd % psrfeoaly preserved
IN nnfaRal refriReraiing toe that their
freshness might excite the euyy Of New
XsaiAnd fr0zaa mutton company.
To tke ordinary EaGiiah reader The
mention " siberia viii, - q rule, snQ
gest oely one feoltna-of heTFoF. Sibe-
ria 81 once centuries 40 images % mis
cradle men aud women tAeoraied By shs
knuul and their forsAeads branded b
The red bot iron, and ihen, laden uiah
letters. diapatceed on fooe 10 Siberia,
there 10 labor for life IN the mines
ustil The accession 10 the throne Of she
Car AlsxApdsF II. q graduated ssale Of
penalties IN criminal 3arispFudsnca ear
scarcely be said 20 have existed in ths
Muacovite empire. The knout and
transportation 20 Siberia were alike ne
Punishment Of tie parsicide. The fgAad
alent eankrupt, and the dgosehky driver
gho had been 80 unfortunate as with
nis vehicle 20 r1n over and Nil q feos
passenger. On the ether hand. eriEni.
cal legislation vas mild even 20 feeble.
uess. 10 casea Of heel. II the pruaeoa-
toF eouid not prove his cass. be under
sent the punishment which weuld have
been awarded 10 tie defendant bad b.
been convicted. The N xinum term
% lnprisoament Tor dsbs was thFes
moutbs. and nObie debtors eould nct Be
impfisoaed ~ ell. As regards the hor-
rofs % Siberia. thar Wefe a0scspaihie OF
some alignt mitigation. PoliticAl exfips
Of high EArk, OF felens possessed Of
ssue pee1niary meAna we're allowed 10
rtsste ~ To6olsk. aisooaGa tha temper
ature there Il - log that tha thaFusou,n
tRf fails 30 20 degrees ReAmuF. Kosss-
bae kaeu q evil fanasionary Who cali
Sened the WEAKNESS ef hia Wtntry days
% lsaszre by fofminc With q penkaifs
fantastic hRuros made oai 81 fronnu
meFcaFy. WHEN The azthar &C TIE
Slfanxef was an exile a Tobalsk. tie
fftendly Russian Eoxefnos ordered ths
uhitew8ahed Walis 81 TIE bach yard AZ
The hAn&shsd writer's hoase % he PAINT
"a. b. q cnaviei vito had q turn for ara.
wish imaSNs ~ fruit trees. No real anss
VII gr0w Ia The vsctntty 81 drsAEy To
eo3sk.
Rat there are worse solitndss shaa
SihssiA- There are tie mines, Whteh
arr priaeipaily situsked ID SOC severn
meat AZ tskntsks there are eonyfcs pFis-
cos whesa the pFtseaers VIE usFk a
c4grytnz materials ere chained 10 TIE
seeeshafFeWs uhieh tbey trunsiiss eth
era are eDpiosed 10 huntinf fur heartne
animals o. n aaviA ravtzsliou.